Is 3Dmark06 to be trusted...?

[carb0n]

I just ran 3Dmark06 on my system (see sig) and I ended up getting a score of 8223. Is it just me or does that seem pretty low? I looked at the common system score, which is 11600.
My CPU is overclocked, and so are my GPU's.

Can someone give me their opinion on this?

 

[dark bishop]

i got close to that with my cpu at stock and a single 8600gt, i think something is up.

 

[Special7]

i got close to that with my cpu at stock and a single 8600gt, i think something is up.

You got proof?

 

[Diddyu]

An unstable overclock could easily cause a drop in scores. You should be getting more points at stock speed, so I'd try that, and if the score increases or barely changes, than that would seem to be the problem.

 

[carb0n]

An unstable overclock could easily cause a drop in scores. You should be getting more points at stock speed, so I'd try that, and if the score increases or barely changes, than that would seem to be the problem.

I'll look into that.

 

[TerraPhantm]

yea, I got 15.5k w/ a Q6600 (at 3.6GHz) and a single 8800GTS

 

[Automata]

yea, I got 15.5k w/ a Q6600 (at 3.6GHz) and a single 8800GTS

Please notice that his is also at stock (proc and most likely GPU)...you can't really compare yours to his.

 

[Drinkyoghurt]

my stock stuff barely gets me 9k, oc'd I get 13.5k, stock is just bad for your perfomance

 

[TerraPhantm]

Please notice that his is also at stock (proc and most likely GPU)...you can't really compare yours to his.

He states in the first post that his CPU and video cards are OC'd. I don't know by how much, but even worst case scenario and you subtract 4k from my score (I really doubt my clocks would boost me that much) it's significantly higher than his. + I only had one GTS.

 

[Automata]

He states in the first post that his CPU and video cards are OC'd. I don't know by how much, but even worst case scenario and you subtract 4k from my score (I really doubt my clocks would boost me that much) it's significantly higher than his.

Missed that part, oops.

Since he doesn't give us any numbers...we can't "just subtract" a number and assume that is what he is around . Your systems are different enough that we can't really guess.

I will agree though that it seems a tad low for even an overclocked system.

OP: What speeds are you running everything at? Newest drivers?

 

[Godfather1138]

my stock stuff barely gets me 9k, oc'd I get 13.5k, stock is just bad for your perfomance

You sir, have just been sig'ed. Congrats

I pretty much live my life by those words even though I had never really heard it put that way

 

[carb0n]

Heh.

What kind of numbers do you want, specifically?

Oh, I didnt realize I didn't have my sig updated (at least my CPU's current clock)
*goes to fix it*

 

[El<(')>Maxi]

An ORB link, CPU & GPU clocks would be a good place to start.

 

[carb0n]

Here's a pic of my CPU and GPU clocks.

Not sure what you mean by ORB link, though.

 

[Automata]

Does the processor go up to its default multiplier? Try disabling C1E and speedstep; then run the benchmark.

 

[carb0n]

Does the processor go up to its default multiplier? Try disabling C1E and speedstep; then run the benchmark.

I set it to stay at 9x multiplier in the BIOS, but I haven't touched the speedstep features. I am an intermediate overclocker

 

[Automata]

I set it to stay at 9x multiplier in the BIOS, but I haven't touched the speedstep features. I am an intermediate overclocker

Disable C1E and speedstep and run it again...I'm wondering if it isn't going up to its 9x multi.

 

[carb0n]

8231 this time. Small gain. Speedstep was already off, but I turned CE1 off.

 

[reclaimer122]

After turning C1E off, does CPU-Z still say that you have a 6x multiplier?

 

[carb0n]

After turning C1E off, does CPU-Z still say that you have a 6x multiplier?

Nope